Wheel-tire.



Q. B. BLEGHSGHMIDT.

WHEEL TIRE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1909.

Patented July 5,1910.

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CHARLES E. BLECHSCHMIDT, F CONNEHSVILLE, INDIANA.

WHEEL-TIRE,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnown that l, Cnannns E. Brazen- SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Connersville, in the county of Fayette and State oi- Indiana, have invented a new and useful Wheel-Tire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheel tires having the quality of resiliency. It is well known that in resilient tires as same are new constructed and wherein an air tight tube capable of retaining highly-compressed air is the means for affording the desired resiliency, more or less trouble and expense is y in order to keep the tire properly '71 r inflates. Moreover, tires so constructed are which will be lig' t in weight, economical of construction, durable, and not liable to get I out of order or repair and which will be capable of retaining a tenacious engagement with the rim of the wheel.

These andlother objects which will. appear as l. .ture of my invention is more fully understood, are accomplished by the new combination, construction and arrangement of parts described in this specification, defined in the appendedolaims and illustrated in the adcoinpanying drawings, in which corresponding parts are represented by similar characters oi 'reference throughout the several x p Figure l is a side view of an ordinary wheel equipped withmy inventioma portion thereof being broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 Fig.1. "Fig. l is an en'- larged side view, aportion'of the casing being shown in central longitudinal cross section. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the skeleton portion of my improved j tire. Fig. Bis an en arged sectional View of a portion of my improved tire as shown in Fi 3. r

fily improved tire consists of a resilient skeleton having a wrapping of pliable fabric? Specification of Lctteflfa'tcnt; Application filed September 4, 1909. Serial Hof516,265.

' a given number of the coils of theskelet Eatented July 5, 1910.

wrapping is arranged a contin ious outer covering of flexible material, preferably of isuch as duck or canvas and about which leather, and which outer covering is divided into upper and lowerhalf sections. These sections I will designate as the shoe and the tread. The ends A and A of the continuous steel spring wire spiral A are brought together as shown in Fig. '2, and are capable of being inserted through holes B provided therefor in the wheel rim B. \Vhen the tire is in place on the wheel, these ends are secured and occupy the position as shown in Fig. 2. The length of this steel'spring wire such that when its ends are brought together as just described, the internal circumference of the skeleton so formed is of a proper dimension to fit the wheel rim having a given diameter, the said shoe being interposed, as will be hereinafter referred to. In order to retain a uniform distance be-'- tween the coils of, and to. irnpart the desired peripheral stability to the skeleton, I

provide a centrally disposed circumferential hondingwire G which at regular intervals 1s securely looped around the successive coils of the said skeleton, as lainly shown in Fig.

This external bon ing wire or member performs another function which will. presently be made clear. The internal central portions of the said coils are also maintained at regular and proper distances apart.

To accomplish this urpose, and also to at}:

ford the necessary exibility longitudinally Q of the skeleton so that it may be capable of bein easil laced in osition on the. rim. 1: ,i

have arranged the internal bondingwircs' D which will bind at proper distance apart The sp ces D between these groups of lco ls so bound by the internal wiresD willperimt of the end coils of the scveralgroups' beingsprung together. By this arrangenientithd internal portion 025 the skeleton will be ca pa'blepf manipulation sufiiciently that'the' spiral may be easily passed over the side or the grooved rim B into position. The 'skelej ton so-formedis provided witha vcovering E which may be made of any suitable flex 1 blc material, preferablyof ducking or'can v vas. The purpose of this covering is-t'o at:

ford protection ,for the skeleton. from dirt" ,and moisture, wearing surface for and also to provide a suitable" tread G. These upper and lower half sec f the shoe F and the,

ftions, tern cdtheslmel and tread G lids- 55 thereof isprevented. .Strains imposed upon vided with a succession of perforations H, and

when placed in position as shown in the drawings they are bound together on each side by the lacings J and brought down into snug engagement with the covering E.

v by the ridge E book portions K form as to engage To secure this tire to the wheel rim so as to retain it tenaciously in proper position, and to hold in proper position the free internal portions of the end coils of the several groups of the coils of the skeleton, I provide the hook bolts K These'hook bolts will be retained'loosely in the holes F through the shoe I and covering E, and the are of such dimension and the two coils that'form the ends of the aforesaid groups.

To place the tire-in position on the wheel the internal surface is stretched or expanded sufliciently to permit the tire toi take its place in the grooved rim. The hook bolts will be in registration with the holes B in the rim and will pass down through the said 1 holes. The nuts. K are then 'tightenedand with the drawing down of the hook portions K the tire will be secured immovablyin position. The groove G formed'on the interior surface of the tread G will be filled in the covering E. By arwire 0 as ranging the external bonding shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the ridge E is formed when the covering E is wrapped tightly about the skeleton as hereinbefore referred to. When the tread and shoe are brought snuglyinto embracement of the said covering, the continuous ridge E will fit in the groove G the result being that the tread will be'maintained incorrect alinebeing capable ment and there will be no wearing contact of the bonding wire against the'tread.

My improved tire will have many advantages over resilient tires heretofore devised, besides having the quality'of resiliency and. of easy placement on the wheel it (will be practically-=indestrfi'ctible, and it will hold tenaciously in osition-on the wheel'rim. By virtue :of t e external bondin Wire C the external portions of the coils othe s iralskeleton are maintained in correct vre ative position and bending.

the-tire will be-carried by the entire tire, rather than by a small area at or near the line of tread. The coils will be free to elongate transverselyand by being at all times withstand effectually the heaviest strains, and. will not be warped, twisted or wrenched out of alininent) By providing the internal peripheral channel or groove G in the tread so that continuously by the bonding sible tendency of the bonding or the loops-thereof at the coils, to cut or wear, is overcome and the tread, when same is laced into connection-with the shoe, as hereinbefore described, will be held in true alinement.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a wheel, the combination of a grooved rim, spaced holes therein, a resilient skeleton consisting of' an endless spring vwire spiral adapted to rest in the groove of said rim, a continuous external peripheral bonding member having connections with each 6011 of said spiral, a noncontinuous bonding member engaging the innerside of the said spiral the several portions of same having connections with successive series or groups of the coils of saidspiral, a flexible ,casement for said resilient spiral, a flexible continuous annular' outer covering that is divided longitudinally, connections between the two sections thereof, means to engage and to hold the meeting end coils 'of the a said groups to the said rim comprising hook bolts having their ends disposed within the spiral and oonnecting adjacent groups thereshanks to pass through ings of said spiral and through the holes in the said, rim, and being provided with means to secure them in position substantially as described of, and having their apertures in the cove form a covering for same, a continuous ex-- ternal vperipheral bondin member having extending ridge formed wire C, is engaged, all 'pos member C,

' 1 0 0 2. In a wheel the combination of a grooye d V,

connections with each coi of said spiral, a I

non-continuous vbondin member engaging the inner side of the splral, the several portions ofisame having connections with su c-' cessive series or groups of the coils of said.

spiral, ai'flexible shoe adapted to fit the said wheel rim and/in which thesaid covered skeleton will rest, a flexible peripheraltread for the said covered skeleton, flexible eonnections between the shoe and the tread arrangedon eachgside of the said covered skel eton, hook bolts to connect adjacent groups of the coils of said spiral and to secure them in position on the wheelrim.

In testimony ;whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. BLECHSGI-IMIDT. I v. Witnesses: EDWARD TDBRNEY, HERBERT J Asrnns, 

